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Vientiane, Feb 15 (Vientiane Times/ANN): Representatives from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and its partners recently monitored the progress of the Ecosystem Conservation through Integrated Landscape Management (ECILL) at Savannakhet province’s Xe Champhone Wetland Complex. On February 3-5, the national director of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Julie Gabet-Ouahioune accompanied by Volasith Sivongdao, Deputy Director of Savannakhet Provincial Agricult...

LOLC Life Assurance and LOLC General Insurance recently expanded its operations in Matara. The new LOLC Life and LOLC General Zonal Offices were ceremonially inaugurated at No. 366,1/1, Galle Road, Paburana, Matara. In addition, the LOLC Life Provincial Office in Matara was relocated to No. 13, Station Road, Matara to a more spacious Provincial Branch on the same day. This is the first Provincial Branch opened by LOLC Life. “We are extremely excited for the opportunity to grow in Matara and t...

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon extended its wholehearted support to the Colombo launch last weekend of the Central Bank’s initiative to promote cashless digital payments via LANKAQR, the national Quick Response (QR) Code platform. The Colombo launch event was held at ‘Diyatha Uyana,’ one of the most popular outdoor markets in Sri Jayewardenepura, and was […]

In a bid to offer greater assistance to cardholders during these trying times, SampathCards is offering Sampath Mastercard, Visa Credit and Debit Cardholders and Sampath Bank American Express Credit Cardmembers a host of added savings and other benefits on a wide range of essential expenses. This includes 0% interest extended settlement plans on transactions made […]

Police to investigate alleged sale of endangered animals to countries 28th January 2021 Chief of the Public Relations Service at the Jakarta Metropolitan Police Senior Commissioner Yusri Yunus (second right) along with Director General of Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation at the Environment and Forestry Ministry Wiratno (second left) and Director of Special Crime Investigation at the Jakarta Metropolitan Police Senior Commissioner Aulia Alamsyah (right) held a press conference on...

27 January 2021 by: Andrea Korte Exequiel Ezcurra has been named the recipient of the 2020 Award for Science Diplomacy by AAAS. | Neil Orman/AAAS The newest of the eight awards that AAAS bestows to scientists each year, the Award for Science Diplomacy, has since 2013 honored an individual or a small group working in the science, engineering or foreign affairs communities to make an outstanding contribution to science diplomacy. In 2020, Exequiel Ezcurra received the award for his work that comb...

Sri Lanka can achieve a greener and more prosperous future Image Traditionally, Sri Lanka is built on a concept of harmony between the nature and people, connecting importance of lakes, fields, villages, and spiritual temples and pagodas. ගමයි ,පංසලයි ,වැවයි, දාගැබයි Credit: Andrew Zakharenka This blog is part of a series of discussions and activities organized by the World Bank South Asia Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy team to info...

By Rathindra Kuruwita Environmentalists yesterday urged the government not to waste hundreds of millions of rupees on establishing another Elephant Holding Ground (EHG) at the Lunugamvehera National Park, as the EHG in Horowpathana had turned out to be a disaster. Supun Lahiru Prakash of the Biodiversity Conservation and Research Circle told The Island yesterday that a recent report by the Auditor General had exposed the EHG in Horowpathana. Prakash said: “The AG’s report points out the el...

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong speaks at the conference (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The forestry sector should take swift action to build a project on zoning off and protecting natural forests in the time to come, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong. Cuong made his request at the Vietnam Administration of Forestry (VAF)’s conference held in Hanoi on January 6 to review its performance last year and launch key tasks for 2021. ...

What action did the Service take? We have made a 12-month finding on a petition to list the monarch butterfly under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Based on a thorough review of the monarch’s status, we determined that listing is warranted, but a proposal to list the monarch is precluded at this time while we work on higher-priority listing actions. Is the monarch federally protected now? No. Our 12-month finding does not protect monarchs under the ESA at this time. We first...